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J. A. SCOTT.

PAPER BOX.

No. 332,951. Patented Dec. 22, 1885.

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JAMES A. SCOTT, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO FRED H. BENTON,OF SAME PLACE.

PAPER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 332,951. dated December22,1885.

Application filed September 14, 1885. SerialNo. 176,987. (No model.) i

To all whom it may-concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES A. Soo'rr, of New Haven, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improve ment inPaper Boxes; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken'inconnection with accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, in-

Figure 1, a perspective 'view of the box complete, showing a portion ofthe cover broken away, and showing in broken lines an extension from theupper side as a modification; Fig. 2, the blank from which the box isout, on a reduced scale; Figs. 3, 4, and 5, perspective Viewsillustrating the manner of folding and interlocking the parts.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of paper boxeswhich are open, to be closed by a removable cover of some characterthatis to say, a box having a bottom, two sides and ends, the top open, tobe closed by the cover-and particularly to that class in which the bodyof the box is cut complete from a single piece, and so that the parts,bent intoproper angles to each other, may be interlocked and secure thebox in the set-up condition,and so that the blanks may be shipped in afiat condition and readily set up by the consumer, the object of theinvention being the construction of a box in which there shall be littlewaste of material, and in which the locking shall be strong, and so thatthere will be no tendency from pressure upon the inside to disengage thelocking parts; and it consists in the construction, as hereinafterdescribed, and more particularly recited in the claim.

In Fig. 2 I show the blank as cut from a single sheet of paper or othersuitable mate-' E, to form a flap. At the opposite end of the bottom isalike extension, F, for that end, and from that projects a like flap, G."At one end of the side B is a longitudinal extension, H, in which asegmental slit is cut to form a tongue, a. From the other end is a likeextension, I, in which is a longitudinal slit, b. At one end of the sideC is a flap, J, like the flap H on the side B, and in like mannerconstructed with a segmental-shaped slit to form a tongue, at, and uponthe opposite end is a like extension, K, having in it a longitudinalslit, b. The length of the extensions H I J K should be substantiallyequal to the width of the bottom. The side B is turned upward at rightangles to the bottom A, as indicated in Fig. 3, and the extension Hturned inward at right angles to the side B, as seen in that figure.Then the opposite side, C, is in like manner turned upward, as seen inFig. 4c, and the extension K in like manner turned inward at rightangles to its side and inside the extension H, and thejslit b passesdown over the tongue a, so that the tongue a comes upon the inside ofthat end of the box, and as clearly seen in Fig. 4. Then the endportion, D, is turned upward, as 'seen:inFig.f5, outsidel the twoextensions H K, and the flap E is then turned over the upper edge of thetwo parts H K and down into the box, as seen in Fig. 4, and tuckedbetween the part K and the tongue to, as clearly seen in Fig. 1. Theopposite ends are in like manner folded and locked. The end is thusformed in three thicknesse's, the two inner thicknesses interlocked theone with the other, and the outer thickness covering the upper edge ofthe two, to give a finished appearance to that edge, and tucked into thetongue at, securely locks the parts in the set-up condition, and the boxis substantially as firm as a pasted box. The cover may be made insubstantially the same manner, or formed by any of the usualconstructions; or it may be made as a part of the box itself,oneside-say Bbein g extended for that purpose, as indicated in brokenlines, Fig. 2. i

This construction of box is very desirable for shoes, corsets, and otherarticles of manufacture which require the larger class of boxes,

and may be made in telescopic form, each part being substantially alike,save that one is made so much smaller than the other that the one mayinclose the other in the usual manner, the application of the covers, orwhat may be called the cover, being so common and well known as not torequire illustration or particular description.

I have described the tongues as formed by a Segment'shaped slit; but itwill be nnderstood that other shaped cut-say as indicated in brokenlines, Fig. 2will serve the purpose, it only being essential that thetongue may be substantially vertical when the box is set up.

I claim-- The herein-described blank for paper boxes, consisting of thecentral portion, A, side portion, B, upon one edge, and the other sideportion, 0, upon the opposite edge, the bottom portion constructed withan extension, D, at one end, and F at the opposite end, corresponding tothe ends of the box, the said extensions D F further extended to form aflap, sides constructed with an extension at each end correspondingsubstantially to the end of the box, one of said extensions having aslit JAMES A. SCOTT.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. EARLE, FRED. G. EARLE.

